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Dve lezzioni di M. Benedetto Varchi : nella prima delle qvali si dichiara vn sonetto di M. Michelagnolo Buonarroti : nella seconda si disputa quale sia piu nobile arte la scultura, o la pittura, con vna lettera d'esso Michelagnolo & piu altri eccellentiss. pittori et scultori sopra la quistione sopradetta

by: Varchi, Benedetto, 1503-1565

Publication date: 1549

Topics: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, Painting, Sculpture, Painting -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Sculpture -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Painting -- Philosophy, Sculpture -- Philosophy

Publisher: In Fiorenza : Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino, impressor ducale

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Italian

The letters to Varchi following the 2nd pt. are from Giorgio Vasari, Bronzino, Pontormo, Tasso, Francesco Santo Gallo, Tribolo, Benvenuto Cellini, Michelangelo

Historiated initials

Signatures: A-S T (A3v and T6v blank)

Binding: later vellum. Author and title in gilt on spine, imprint at foot

At upper left-hand corner of front pastedown is calligraphic label of Theodore Besterman, signed P.S

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 223

Signatures: A-S⁴ T⁶ (A3v and T6v blank)

155, [1] pages (the last blank) ; 22 cm (4to)